The webinar focuses on test automation readiness for applications, covering key topics such as application importance, DevOps integration, and control libraries. It highlights how to identify and manage controls, mitigate common issues, and customize support for automation tools like Rapise. Attendees are encouraged to engage with resources and ask questions to enhance their understanding of effective test automation practices.

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WEBINAR: Automation Demystified
Part 2: Is Your Application Ready for Test
Automation?
• May 29th, 2019 – Alexey Grinevich, alexey@inflectra.com
We will be starting the webinar shortly, please stand by…
All phones will be automatically on mute until the Q&A.

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Webinar Series: Useful Information
 Webinar Series: Test Automation, Demystified
 Webinar Series Certificate Rules & FAQs
 Inflectra’s test automation platform: Rapise
 Youtube link to series is here:
 Series Presenters: Denis Markovtsev & Alexey Grinevich
 Twitter: @dmarkovtsev; @AlexeyGrinevich
 Email: denis@inflecta.com; alexey@Inflectra.com

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Hey, I am Alexey
• Working on Rapise test automation
tool @Inflectra
• 20 years in software development
• 10 years in test automation
• Twitter: @AlexeyGrinevich
• Email: alexey@Inflectra.com

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Topics
 Application Does Matter
 DevOps and Shift Left
 Developer’s View On Automation
 Where To Look At
 Control Libraries
 Show Cases
 Mini AUT
 32 Bit / 64 bit
 Try Yourself

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Application Does Matter

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Application Does Matter

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DevOps and ShiftLeft

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Developer’s View

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Developer’s View

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Where to Start From
 Usual Practice
 Record & Play
 Try Making One Scenario End-to-End
 Try Adding One More Scenario End-to-End

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Does or Doesn’t Work?
Usually you have one of these cases:
 Only One Scenario Works
 Stuck in the Beginning
 Flacky

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You May Do it Wiser
There is Limited number of Controls
 Date Pickers
 Popup Pickers
 Trees
 Menus
 Grids / Tables
 Graphs
 Output controls

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Let’s Try It:
SFDC

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Summary
• Grid
• Text Input
• Combo Box
• Date Picker
• Buttons
• Menu

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Find Control Library
 https://lightningdesignsystem.com/
 https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-
library/overview/components
 We have a ShowCase
 All in One Page
 Very Quick (no login required!)
 Compare with your App and show to dev team
 Show to Rapise Team
 Check Ideas, Automation tools
 Bypass bureacracy, NDA, paperwork

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Control Libraries:
Check out these UI Libraries
 https://hotframeworks.com/
 Windows Forms
https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2015/09/01/9-top-
net-ui-component-collections.aspx
 WPF Controls
https://nugetmusthaves.com/article/top-wpf-libraries

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How Many Controls Are There, Anyway?
 Thousands of libraries (Web, WPF, WinForms, Java, many
others)
 Each has 1-100 controls. Average is 20
 Each has 1-10 controls affecting UI. Average 5.
 Each library has history with versions.
 So we get about 1000*5=5000 different widget types. Each
has few versions.
 Controls are of different quality.

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Bad News:
You are likely to encounter a
control that is not supported by
an automation tool

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Good News!
 Rapise is customizable
 Control support may be added!
 You just need to identify it
 Controls leave fingerprints.

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How to Identify Control
 Ask your Dev team
 Detect yourself.
 Try variations (will show today)
 Stuck? Send information and example of control to Rapise
dev team

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Dev Team on-hand?
 If possible ask for mini-AUT
 If not, find a library and get a showcase

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Decided To Detect Yourself?
Use a Spy Tool:
 Check Classes and Attributes
 Check Files
 Google the result
 Find ShowCase
 Compare

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Example 1
Book Table

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Example 2
 https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/web/gwinnett/calendar/gen
eral

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Example 3
 https://app.blinga.club/#/home

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Example 4
Cashflow Dashboard

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32 Bit vs 64 Bit
 If in doubt, always choose 32 Bit (x86)

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Check Downloads
https://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=58204

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Check Application Files

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CorFlags
 CorFlags.exe
 Part of MS developer pack:
 https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/thank-you/net472-
developer-pack
 corflags appname.exe /32bit+ /force

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How 32 bit Differs
 PhotoViewer App

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Summary: How to Check an Application
 Direct way: Record Scenario end-to-end
 Quick way: Identify controls
 Research your app before recording a real scenario (i.e.
32/64) for the best results
Important knowledge:
Even large applications use just several controls.

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Summary: How to Find Controls
 Spy
 Check Classes and Attributes
 Check Files
 Find Control Vendor
 Find ShowCase
Important Knowledge:
Showcases are mostly always available for free and are
redistributable.

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Send Questions to:
 Twitter: @AlexeyGrinevich
 Email: alexey@inflectra.com
 Web: https://www.inflectra.com/Rapise/

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Thank You
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